2015 UCLATeachingWomen’sHistoryWorkshopSchedule

Friday, February 6, 2015, 6 pm, dinner, home ofCarole Srole, 6512 Whitworth Drive, LA,323-931-6343(E off La Cienaga;N of Pico and S of Olympic).

On Saturday morning, please bring your own caffeine;lunch in Bunche brought in.

Saturday, February 7, 2015, 9 am - 4 pm, discussion,UCLAHistoryDepartment Conference Room, 6thfloor, Bunche Hall.Pleasearrive on time.

Morning Session:

Discussion Leaders, Karen Lystra and Peggy Renner.

Tiya Miles,Ties That Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom(Berkeley and L.A.: University of California Press, 2005).

Afternoon Session: Women and the New Right:

Discussion Leader, Carole Srole (Citations for the readings follow. All are--or soon will be--available on our website.)

Moreton, Bethany.To Serve God and Wal-Mart: The Making of Christian Free Enterprise.Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2009, Chapter 7: Servants Unto Servants, 100-124.

Dubow, Sara.Ourselves Unborn: A History of the Fetus in Modern America. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.

OPTIONAL: Chapter 4 “Defending Fetal Rights, 1970s-1990s,” 112-152: This chapter discusses court cases and other debates which pressured pregnant women to protect the fetus: for religion reasons (7thDay Adventists), alcohol, and cocaine.These are not necessarily products of the New Right, but still useful for a new sensibility.

READ: Chapter 5 “Debating Fetal Pain, 1984-2006,” 153-183.

Rose, Melody. “Pro-Life, Pro-Woman? Frame Extension in the American Antiabortion Movement,”Journal of Women, Politics and Policy32: 1 (2011): 1-27.

Schreiber, Ronnee.Righting Feminism: Conservative Women and American Politics. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008,Chapter 5, “Finding Common Ground: Constructing Mothers’ Interests,” 78-95.Schreiber contrasted two conservative women’s organizations, the libertarian IWF (Independent Women’s Forum) and the CWA (Conservative Women for America). This chapter, however, looks at arena where they agreed.

2 Primary Sources from Focus on the Family, 2014.

1 Primary Source from Concerned Women for America, 2014.

OPTIONAL:The Silent Scream,1984(27 mins) –

OPTIONAL:Embryo of Humans and animals:

Questions

  • How have you taught about the rise of the New Right? What primary and secondary sources have you used? What themes do your sources demonstrate? (Be prepared to discuss these.)
  • Using these readings as well as what you know: How have the ideas of the New Right differed from feminist views and practices?How have the ideas of the New Right overlapped with feminist views and practices?To what extent have conservative women embraced the values and practices typical of the larger society? To what extent did they develop unique views and practices?
  • How does studying these conservative women help us rethink U.S. womanhood since the 1970s?To what extent have conservative women responded to tensions in feminism and in women’s lives?
  • Questions for students onThe Silent Scream:How does the film try to convince viewers to oppose abortion?What’s the role of the speaker, choice of language, visuals and models?